The Sparke Cast

In this podcast, Senior Associate Helen Sexton and Associate Anna Stubbersfield from our Workplace team explore the topic of workplace investigations through the lens of psychosocial safety.  The discussion covers three broad topics including the importance of choosing an appropriate investigator, taking a person-centred and trauma-informed approach to an investigation, and managing the psychosocial safety risks where the investigation participants are still in the workplace.

In this podcast, Partners Seamus Burke and Thea Price from Sparke Helmore’s Workplace team identify some of the changes that they believe are coming to Australia’s industrial relations landscape.

In this episode of the Workplace 5 in 5, Ashley Sherr (Senior Associate) in our Workplace team discusses how employers and businesses can navigate the Corporations Act regime when managing and investigating disclosures.

In this podcast, Partners Seamus Burke & Thea Price from Sparke Helmore’s Workplace team discuss four key issues that relate to workplace investigations.

In this podcast, Rossana Parmegiani (Special Counsel), John Nairn (Senior Associate) and Rupert Gillies (Associates) in Sparke Helmore’s Workplace team discuss recent caselaw involving sexual harassment and psychosocial risks in the workplace.

In this episode of Workplace 5 in 5, Ben Gottlieb (Special Counsel) in our Workplace team discusses hostile workplace environments.

In this episode of Workplace 5 in 5, Daria McLachlan (Special Counsel) and Georgia Sivashankar (Senior Associate) in our Workplace team discuss positive duty tips to consider for workplace Christmas parties.

In this podcast, Rossana Parmegiani (Special Counsel), Holly Irwin and Rupert Gillies (Associates) in Sparke Helmore’s Workplace team consider changes to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) , which impose a legal obligation on organisations and businesses in Australia to take proactive and meaningful action to prevent unlawful conduct from occurring in the workplace and in connection to work.

In this podcast, as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act), Partner Chantal Tipene and Senior Associate Molly Campbell discuss the upside and emerging challenges of the FOI Act. They will also share practical solutions on how you can navigate through the challenges.

If you have any questions about the issues within this podcast or require assistance with FOI processing matters, please contact:

Chantal Tipene – Partner | Chantal.Tipene@sparke.com.au, or

Molly Campbell – Senior Associate | Molly.Campbell@sparke.com.au

In this “Evolving Workplace” episode, Felicity Edwards and Ben Gottlieb from our Workplace team, and Chantal Tipene, a privacy specialist from our Government team, discuss mandatory COVID vaccination policies in the workplace, and the obligations employers may have from a privacy perspective when they collect information about their employees’ vaccination status.